Raja, a rare rhinoceros hornbill, arrives at wildlife center
Laura Young
ECB Publishing, Inc.
A plump fresh blueberry gently arcs through the air and over to Raja, who catches it deftly in her impressive hornbill bill. Soon after, a beetle larva is tossed her way, and with a flash of the bright yellow hornlike casque growing on top of her head, she snatches the bug out of the air and gulps it down.
Raja, a rare rhinoceros hornbill, is the most recent endangered animal to arrive at the North Florida Wildlife Center (NFWC). Here, she'll have a safe hom